UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE), the games industry trade body, is set to unveil its whitepaper on eSports at the end of this month.
The whitepaper will be unveiled at an event on Monday November 28th at the Gfinity Arena in London.
Its findings will show ‘how the UK needs to position itself to compete globally in the rapidly growing eSports industry’.
Speakers include Team Dignitas founder Michael “ODEE” O’Dell, Hi-Rez Studios’ VP of European Publishing Veronique Lallier and sponsors supporting the sector. There will also be an eSports exhibition match on the day.
The ‘Future of eSports’ event starts at 4pm and will also include networking.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
